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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Ideology Materialized.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Debord use in Chapter 3 to demonstrate a fad?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) Keychains.
(c) Shirts.
(d) Washers.

2. What does Debord believe is the star commodity in the society of the spectacle?
(a) Media.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Technology.
(d) Culture.

3. Who does Debord see as representing the return of reflecting on secular power?
(a) Debord.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Marx.

4. Who was the general responsible for the battle of Kursk?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Khrushchev.

5. Which of the senses does Debord believe the spectacle can manipulate the most?
(a) Sight.
(b) Scent.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Touch.

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 3, the spectacle serves as a means of what in society?

2. Debord believes the origin of the spectacle lies in the world's loss of what?

3. Who does Debord quote at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. In the world of advertising, it is forbidden to do what?

5. Cyclical time started with what group of people in Chapter 5?

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